Titan (moon of Saturn)

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Titan is Saturn’s largest moon, a frigid, haze-shrouded world with a thick nitrogen-rich atmosphere and hydrocarbon lakes, often used in fiction as the home or origin of powerful cosmic beings.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf icy moon ⓘ
moon of Saturn ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
planetary-mass moon ⓘ
atmosphereComposition hydrogen ⓘ
methane ⓘ
nitrogen ⓘ
atmosphericPressure_surface_bar 1.45 ⓘ
atmosphericPressure_surface_kPa 146.7 ⓘ
axialTilt_deg 0.3 ⓘ
belongsTo outer Solar System ⓘ
culturalRole frequent setting in science fiction ⓘ
density_g_per_cm3 1.88 ⓘ
diameter_km 5150 ⓘ
discoveredBy Christiaan Huygens ⓘ
discoveryDate 1655-03-25 ⓘ
distanceFromSun_AU 9.5 ⓘ
DragonflyPlannedArrivalYear 2030s ⓘ
DragonflyPlannedLaunchYear 2028 ⓘ
escapeVelocity_km_per_s 2.64 ⓘ
exploredBy Cassini spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Cassini–Huygens

Huygens probe ⓘ
linked to: Cassini–Huygens

Voyager 1 ⓘ
Voyager 2 ⓘ
firstLandingSite Adiri-Shangri-La region ⓘ
hasFeature dune fields ⓘ
hydrocarbon lakes ⓘ
hydrocarbon seas ⓘ
impact craters ⓘ
orange hydrocarbon haze ⓘ
possible cryovolcanoes ⓘ
river channels ⓘ
thick atmosphere ⓘ
hasSeasonalChanges yes ⓘ
interiorLayer high-pressure ice mantle ⓘ
rocky core ⓘ
subsurface liquid water ocean ⓘ
lake Ontario Lacus ⓘ
landingDate_Huygens 2005-01-14 ⓘ
largerThan planet Mercury ⓘ
largestSea Kraken Mare ⓘ
magnetosphericEnvironment embedded in Saturn’s magnetosphere ⓘ
mass_kg 1.3452e23 ⓘ
massRelativeToMoon 1.8 ⓘ
meanRadius_km 2574.73 ⓘ
meanSurfaceAlbedo 0.22 ⓘ
memberOf Saturnian system ⓘ
missionTarget Dragonfly mission ⓘ
namedAfter Titans of Greek mythology ⓘ
oftenDepictedAs home of alien or cosmic beings in fiction ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity 0.0288 ⓘ
orbitalInclination_deg 0.34854 ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days 15.945 ⓘ
orbits Saturn ⓘ
potentialFor prebiotic chemistry ⓘ
primarySurfaceLiquids liquid ethane ⓘ
liquid methane ⓘ
rankBySize_inSolarSystemMoons 2 ⓘ
rotationPeriod_days 15.945 ⓘ
rotationState tidally locked ⓘ
sea Ligeia Mare ⓘ
Punga Mare ⓘ
seasonalDriver Saturn’s orbital motion and axial tilt ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km 1221870 ⓘ
spectralType orange-brown in visible light ⓘ
surfaceComposition organic solids ⓘ
water ice ⓘ
surfaceGravity_m_per_s2 1.352 ⓘ
surfaceTemperature_C -179 ⓘ
surfaceTemperature_K 93.7 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eternals (Marvel Comics) → inUniverseOrigin → Titan (moon of Saturn) ⓘ
The Titan → hasSetting → Saturn’s moon Titan ⓘ
linked to: Titan (moon of Saturn)
Cassini radar altimetry → targetBody → Saturn’s moon Titan ⓘ
linked to: Titan (moon of Saturn)
Dragonfly rotorcraft lander → targetBody → Saturn’s moon Titan ⓘ
linked to: Titan (moon of Saturn)
Thanos’s second Snap on Titan (destroying the Stones) → occursOn → planet Titan ⓘ
linked to: Titan (moon of Saturn)
Hyperion (poem) → featuresCharacter → Saturn (Titan) ⓘ
subject linked to: Hyperion
linked to: Titan (moon of Saturn)
Titan (Marvel Comics) → inspiredBy → Titan (moon of Saturn in real astronomy) ⓘ
subject linked to: Titan
linked to: Titan (moon of Saturn)